BRAFA 2023

BRAFA 2023
We Are very proud to present a selection of ancient and modern tapestries at this 2023 edition of BRAFA
Stand 21
SELECTED WORKS
THE ABDUCTION OF HELEN
Southern Netherlands, possibly Brussels
late 16th century
Wool and silk
228 x 257 cm
Hammock
HAMMOCK AFTER ALEXANDER CALDER
Published by CAC Publications, USA, 1975.
Nicaraguan hand-woven cotton, jacaranda, galvanised steel.
Dated and monogrammed "75 CA" [for 1975 Alexander Calder] on one side, numbered "30" [30/100] on the other.
3.05 x 1.12 m (120 x 44 in.).
La Courbe Grise
After Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979)
Aubusson, Pinton workshops, circa 1970-72
Signed Sonia Delaunay lower right, Pinton workshops monogram lower left; Pinton workshops bolduc sewn on the reverse, with "La Courbe Grise", "In order of J. Damase" and "6/6"
Wool, 184 x 135 cm (72.4 x 53.2 inch)
Landscape with pergola and elk
Southern Netherlands, probably Oudenaarde
1560-1580
wool and silk
306,1 x 251,5 cm
Aube de nuit
Jean Lurçat (1892-1966). Woven twice only. Unpublished tapestry.
Aubusson, Tabard workshop
circa 1950.
The monogram of the Tabard workshop and the signature of Lurçat woven in the lower right corner, the bolduc of the Tabard workshop sewn on the back,
147 cm x 290 cm.